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In tribal communities the roles of the sexes are very well defined: men are expected to perform certain duties and women others. Neither of the two sexes are permitted to step outside these roles and doing so is condemned by strict taboos. Both are prohibited by sacred laws from carrying out certain tasks that fall to the opposite sex; it is also against the rules to use certain objects which have specific sexual connotations.

This volume is a collection of the papers from the first andsecond International Conference of Arts and Humanities.The  first  Arts  and  Humanities  conference  was  held  atAlexander  College/University  of  the  West  of  England  inLarnaca, Cyprus (June 2017).A number of scholars from all over the world took part andtheir lectures are presented in the first part of this volume.

Questo libro redazionale abbraccia una ricerca iniziata negli anni Ottanta dal Professor Bamonte con ricercatori e studenti de “La Sapienza” Università di Roma tra i popoli indigeni del Chaco. La missione è poi stata ripresa nei primi anni del Duemila dal Professor Mondini e portata a termine con un gruppo di studentesse della Facoltà di Lettere